Paul Robeson in Oscar Micheaux’s BODY AND SOUL (1925)

SOMETHING GOOD NEGRO KISS 1898 RESTORED

Earliest surviving film with an all-Black cast | Excerpt from "Lime Kiln Club Field Day" (1914)


Scene from Hell-Bound Train (1930). Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Scene from HELL-BOUND TRAIN (1930). Courtesy of Kino Lorber

Scene from HELL-BOUND TRAIN (1930)

Hell Bound Train

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The “Impact/Reflection” gallery will invite visitors to consider how moviemakers have investigated and explored a variety of societal issues.

Selma (2014), color, 128 min. Directed by Ava DuVernay. Written by Paul Webb. Cast: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Oprah Winfrey. Photo credit: Atsushi Nishijima. © Paramount Pictures.

Selma (2014)

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It's not easy to watch a Black silent film during Black History Month when a staggering number of silent films by, for, or about Black people have been lost. Those losses grow in magnitude when you consider that such films were relatively rare even when they were new. Take a moment to explore Black silent films from then and now.


Black Silent Film Then and Now

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